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Look back at 2013 in pictures: http://nyti.ms/JuVzZr
There was violence, like the moment pictured here, in which plainclothes officers searched the Westgate mall in Nairobi, Kenya for the gunmen who opened fire and killed scores of civilians. But there were also pristine moments that remind us of our greater potential.
Photo: Tyler Hicks/The New York Times
May 31, 2013
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The system’s radical new interface, called Modern, is a pleasure to use on phones and tablets. And although that interface fares poorly on today’s larger desktop computer screens, Windows 8 probably won’t damage the company’s standing in corporate America.
Implicit in his ideas is the presumption that the Yanomamö he met in 1964 are representative of the way all or most people were in the distant past—they are, as Mr. Chagnon puts it, "pure," "pristine," even "wild."
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Curiously, the jurors could not agree whether this infringement was in fact acceptable under the law. This means that Oracle cannot collect damages from Google (it was seeking up to $1 billion) or require Android to be partially rewritten, at least for now. To add to the confusion, it emerged that one juror had discussed the case with her husband, which the law forbids. Google has called for a mistrial. It now seems likely that this first part of the case, which now proceeds to humdrum patent disputes, will be either retried or appealed.
Romney Pulls Even With Obama in New Poll
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mistríal[mis・tríal]
[名]《法律》
1 ((米))（陪審員の意見不一致による）無評決審理.
2 ((主に英))誤判, 審理無効.presumptive
adj.
- Providing a reasonable basis for belief or acceptance.
- Founded on probability or presumption.
presumptive[pre・sump・tive]
- 発音記号[prizʌ'mptiv]
pre・sump・tive・ly
[副]humdrum
(hŭm'drŭm')
adj.
Lacking variety or excitement; dull. See synonyms at boring, dull.
n.
Monotonous talk or routine.
[Probably from HUM.]
fare[fare]
- 発音記号[féər]
[名]
2 乗客；（特にタクシーの）客.
━━[動](自)
1
(1) 〈人が〉やっていく, 暮らしていく
(2) ((itを主語として))〈事が〉（…にとって）（うまく, まずく）運ぶ((with ...))
(1) 〈人が〉やっていく, 暮らしていく
(2) ((itを主語として))〈事が〉（…にとって）（うまく, まずく）運ぶ((with ...))
2 食べる, 食事をする；食べ物をもてなされる.
3 ((古))旅する
fare forth
出発する.
adjective
出発する.
pristine
Syllabification: (pris·tine)
Pronunciation: /ˈprisˌtēn, priˈstēn/
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Derivatives
pristinely
adverb
adverb
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